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Dame Ellen MacArthur (born in 1976) is a very brave and talented English yachtswoman. Her first name is Ellen; ‘Dame’ is a special title she received for her outstanding achievements from the British Queen. On 7 February 2005, she broke the world record for being the fastest person to sail around the world. Ellen now heads the crews of Britain’s top sailing teams.
艾倫·麥克阿瑟（出生于1976年）是一名集勇敢和天賦于一身的英國航海家。她的名是“艾倫”；而“Dame”是英國女王因其所作出的卓越成就而給予她的特殊頭銜。2005年2月7日，她打破了帆船環球航行的最快紀錄。如今，艾倫領銜著英國頂級帆船隊。
She became interested in sailing after she read the ‘Swallows and Amazons’ books by Arthur Ransome. Her first experience of yachting was on her aunt’s boat on the east coast of England. She instantly fell in love with sailing and the sea. She decided to become a sailor and saved her school dinner money to buy her first boat.
亞瑟·蘭塞姆的《燕子和鸚鵡》讓她對航海產生了濃厚的興趣。她對帆船的最初體驗是在英格蘭東海岸，在她阿姨的帆船上。她立刻就愛上了帆船與大海。她決定成為一名航海者，為了購買她的第一艘帆船，她省去了學校的午飯錢。
In 1998, aged 22, she was named the Royal Yachting Association "Yachtsman of The Year" in the UK. This encouraged her to go for the big time. In 2001, she came second in the Vendee Globe solo round-the-world race. For this, she got her first honour from Britain’s Queen. She got her second award for breaking the solo circumnavigation of the world.
1998年，22歲的她被“皇家游艇協會”命名為英國“游艇年度人物”。這也鼓勵了她爭取更大的進步。2001年，在“帆迪不靠岸單人環球航海賽”上，她奪得了第二名。因此，她也首次獲得了由英國女王所頒發的殊榮。之后，她又打破了帆船環游世界的最快紀錄。
She has used her fame to start her own charity to help young people with cancer and other serious illnesses. Ellen has also made it to the heavens, as well as the seas; there is an asteroid named 20043 EllenMacarthur. In 2008, she was further honoured; French President Nicolas Sarkozy awarded her the French Legion of Honour.
她利用她所獲得的榮譽創辦了自己的基金會，幫助年輕人實現事業上的夢想，并幫助戰勝重大疾病。艾倫不僅在海上聲名遠揚，她的威名還停留在了太空；20043 艾倫麥克阿瑟就是以她名字命名的小行星。2008年，她又獲得殊榮；法國總統薩科齊授予她法國榮譽軍團勛章。
譯文屬可可英語原創，未經允許，不得轉載。
